Would have been pretty easy if he’d just taken a moderate strain and set the brakes while the catenary did the work for him. Rinse and repeat. Basically what he did but he overcooked it. Of course that would be like watching paint dry.

“Going into the video I honestly wasn’t sure what the outcome would be”
Mike! most here have already said they knew the outcome. Surprised you put that in the blurb

As an aside; please Mike, come into the modern world of the Metric system.
“Ton” is old and could be confused with the volume meaning (still lingering with Gross & Net Tonnage!) or a weight of 2240lbs (or is there another value for a USA ton? )
A special word was invented for everyone to cope with this: “tonne” , meaning 1000kg
Either say “13,000 tonne ship” or “12,390.12 Ton ship” (not sure of how to convert back from metric tonnes to US Tons… hah!)
Neil